Stanley Clements
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Stanley Clements (July 16, 1926 – October 16, 1981) was an American actor and comedian.
Stanley Clements was born Stanislaw Klimowicz in Long Island, New York. Young Stan realized that he wanted a show-business career while he was in grammar school, and when he graduated from college he toured in vaudeville for two years. He then joined the touring company of the Major Bowes Amateur Hour. In 1941, he was signed to a contract by 20th Century Fox and appeared in several B films for the studio.
After a short stint with the East Side Kids, he set out on his own again, this time landing roles in more prestigious pictures. He was featured in the Bing Crosby hit Going My Way, and scored a great success as a jockey in the Alan Ladd feature Salty O'Rourke. His career was interrupted by military service in World War II, and when he returned, he began appearing in lower-budgeted films, including Johnny Holiday (cast against type as a psychopath). He starred in a series of action/detective pictures at Allied Artists for producer Ben Schwalb and director Edward Bernds.
Schwalb soon became staff producer for The Bowery Boys, and when he needed a replacement for Leo Gorcey in 1956, he asked Clements to step in. Clements comfortably settled into the role of Huntz Hall's sidekick, beginning with Fighting Trouble, and co-starred in the final seven Bowery Boys comedies.
The series finally ended in 1958, and Clements went on to a steady career of supporting roles in film and TV until his death from emphysema in 1981. One of his last jobs was an appearance in a nationally advertised commercial for Pringle's potato chips.
Stanley Clements died of emphysema in Pasadena, California, and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
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Films (59)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978 · Saloon Man 2
Timber Tramps
1975 · 'Hallback' Jack Riley
Panic in the City
1968 · Albert
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Reporter (uncredited)
Tammy and the Doctor
1963 · Wally Day
Saintly Sinners
1962 · Slim
Devil's Partner
1961 · Screenplay
Sniper's Ridge
1961 · Cpl. Pumphrey
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 · Fitz
In the Money
1958 · Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
Up In Smoke
1957 · Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
Looking for Danger
1957 · Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
Spook Chasers
1957 · Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelesky
Hold That Hypnotist
1957 · Duke Coveleskie
Hot Shots
1956 · Duke Coveleskie
Fighting Trouble
1956 · Duke Covelske
Last of the Desperados
1955 · Bert McGuire
Wiretapper
1955 · Tony
Robbers' Roost
1955 · Chuck
Mad at the World
1955 · Marty aka Ignatz
Air Strike
1955 · G. H. Alexander
The Rocket Man
1954 · Bob
Hot News
1953 · Mark Miller
White Lightning
1953 · Mike Connors
Off Limits
1952 · Bullets Bradley
Army Bound
1952 · Frank Cermak
Jet Job
1952 · Joe Kovak
Boots Malone
1952 · Stash Clements
Pride of Maryland
1951 · Frankie Longworth
Destination Murder
1950 · Jackie Wales
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950 · Stash
Johnny Holiday
1949 · Eddie Duggan
Red Light
1949 · Carlson Hotel Bellhop
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Yonzi
Bad Boy
1949 · Bitsy Johnson
Racing Luck
1948 · Boots Warren
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948 · Tommy Malone
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Western Union Boy
Canon City
1948 · New
Hazard
1948 · Joe, Bellboy
Big Town Scandal
1948 · Tommy Malone
Variety Girl
1947 · Stanley Clements (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Johnny Cates
See My Lawyer
1945 · Willie
The Girl in the Case
1944 · Tuffy
Cover Girl
1944 · Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Going My Way
1944 · Tony Scaponi (uncredited)
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943 · Alexander Archibald 'Squirt' O'Reilly
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 · Danny (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Young Boy (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Stash
The More the Merrier
1943 · Morton Rodakiewicz
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 · Stash
On the Sunny Side
1942 · Tom Sanders
Right to the Heart
1942 · Stash
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · Newsboy (uncredited)
Down in San Diego
1941 · Louie Schwartz
Accent on Love
1941 · Patrick Henry Lombroso
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Detroit Harry Morrison Jr.
Séries (34)
Bronk
1975 · Fletcher
Cannon
1971
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Kiowa Kid
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Stanyl, Dwayne
The F.B.I.
1965 · Forrest Clegg
Get Smart
1965 · Simmons
Mister Roberts
1965
My Mother the Car
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Daniel Boone
1964 · Timbo
Straightaway
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Mr. Riccio
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Bellboy
Gunslinger
1961 · Corporal Stanley
Mister Ed
1961
The Brothers Brannagan
1960 · Chick
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Romeo
Not for Hire
1959
Tightrope
1959
Rawhide
1959 · Sgt. Willis, Sgt. Harper, Lou Paris
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Krebs
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Perry Mason
1957 · Second Taxi Driver, Floyd Walters
Official Detective
1957
On Trial
1956 · Captain Ralph Evans
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Brad, McInnerny, Ed Jacobi, Red
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Public Defender
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Charlie
City Detective
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Pete